Some Lesser Known Facts About Mindy Kaling
- Does Mindy Kaling smoke? : Yes
- Does Mindy Kaling drink alcohol? : Yes
- Kaling’s parents hail from India They came into contact when they worked within the same facility in Nigeria. She has a father who is of Tamil origin, while Kaling’s mother comes from Bengali.
- The parents of Kaling relocated to the United States in 1979, the year that Kaling was born.
- The year 2012 was the time that Kaling’s mom passed away from pancreatic cancer.
- In the early days of her pregnancy, her mother loved the TV show “Mork and Mindy” and she decided to name her after the show.
- Kaling was never called Vera her birth name and was always called Mindy. She claims that the word “Vera” is the name used to describe the personification of the Hindu goddess.
- When Kaling was just 19, she was an intern for ‘ Late Night with Conan O’Brien (a talk show).
- Her first major break came from an episode she wrote and played in called “Matt Ben and Ben.’
- While Matt and Ben were on their off-Broadway performance, Kaling accidentally broke Brenda Wither’s nose.
- Apart from her work on television and film, Kaling has written two New York Times best-selling memoirs called ‘Is Everyone Hanging Around without Me?’ and Why I’m Not Here?.’
- As of 2013, Kaling has been named one of the ” 50 Coolest and Most Creative Entertainers” in Hollywood by EW magazine.
- In the same year ‘ TIME‘ magazine listed her as one of”the “100 Most Influential People in the World.”
- As of 2014, Kaling has been named one of the ‘Glamour’ magazine’s Women of the Year.
- Kaling has become the first Indian-American woman to get her own television show.
- Kaling is a one percent proprietor of Swansea City A.F.C., an English Football League Championship soccer team that is based in Swansea, Wales.
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